Archive for August, 2009
« Previous EntriesGetting Your College-Aged Child Off to School
Submitted by School Kids Healthcare Blog
It’s that time of year – back to school. You’ve got all the basics for your new college student for when they get there but don’t forget the main part – driving there. If your college-aged child is hitting the long road to school here’s a safety checklist from the [...]
Please Note: “No Cell Phones” signs are for everyone…even you!
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
I have a new pet peeve. It’s called the “willful violation of posted no cell phone zone” callers. It drives me completely bonkers!
I thought about it the other day when I was waiting in a big down town Boston physician’s office waiting room. All the waiting rooms in this facility [...]
Teen desire living healthy but are we helping enough?
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
Nielson Wire yesterday posted a summary of a Scarborough Research study that may surprise you. According to the study, teens actually know what “being healthy” means. As reported by Nielson Wire, “92 percent percent of teens aged 13-17 say that health and a healthy lifestyle are important and when asked [...]
CBS Fall Review: The Good Wife
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
Last Sunday I watched a review copy of CBS’s The Good Wife, which will premier on Tuesday September 22 at 10pm ET. I again watched the preview pilot with my husband and almost 15 year old daughter and we were complete riveted!
The show stars Julianna Margulies and Chris Noth and [...]
CBS Fall Review: Accidentally on Purpose
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
I was sent a review copy of the CBS comedy Accidentally on Purpose starring Jenna Elfman, which will debut on September 21, on CBS at 8:30pm ET. So, last Sunday I sat down with my husband and almost 15 year old daughter and tossed it in the DVD.
The premise of [...]
Picture Perfect? Not in this year’s camp pics!
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
If you want proof that the kids and teens of our society have a weight problem, are obese, all you have to do is check out the online camp photos of any overnight camp this year compared with last year or the year before. Seeing is believing – and shocking. [...]
Is Hand Sanitizer on Your Back to School List?
Submitted by School Kids Healthcare Blog
Pens, paper, a new backpack – pretty basic back to school supplies for elementary, secondary and college students, right? Add to the list hand sanitizer.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has targeted the 6 – 24 year old age group as the most susceptible for contracting another possible H1N1 influenza [...]
Help grandma organize her pills for her safety and your children’s.
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
If you are a family with kids and have grandparents or great grandparents alive, you likely enjoy visiting with your relatives from time to time. While your small children may not always get much out of these visits, especially while very young, they do wonders for our older relatives who [...]
Asking Sen. Gillibrand, Sen. Schumer, Rep. Hinchey about the Healthcare Bill
Written by Michael Vass
The following is the exact email sent to Senator Gillibrand, Senator Schumer, Representative Hinchey about the proposed Health Care Reform Bill currently under debate in Congress.
Each of the above represent me from New York State. That is the only reason each was sent the following email (also to be sent August [...]
School – Should Your Child Stay Home or Should They Go?
Submitted by School Kids Healthcare Blog
School is right around the corner. At some point during the school year parents will more than likely wake up to the sound of their son or daughter complaining of a stomachache, headache, both or other ailments.
So, as a parent, what do you do? What’s the decider if you send them on [...]
Eliminate Your Teenage Acne
Fun, excitement, socializing, hangouts and many more things are common activities of teen years.
Child with Intellectual disability- not a burden but a future reliance
Parents, siblings and close relatives almost always think that the child with intellectual disability is a curse for them. In most of the families, the members with intellectual disability are felt burdens by other family members. They feel that child with intellectual disability requires more time, attention, medicines, expenses etc. Sometimes the family members become [...]
Vulnerability of children in Bangladesh on health care facilities
Children are the future of any civilization. It is mandatory to take care a child for their wellbeing. Parents, society as well as the country are equally responsible to ensure children’s full protection. A large number of children were died of renal failure recently as a side effect of Paracetamol syrup produced and marketed by [...]
Let this summer end before planning for next!
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
I could hardly believe my eyes. The banner on the summer camp website read: “Enroll now for summer 2010!”
My daughter was enrolled in the second session of this overnight camp – and that session hadn’t even begun! Shouldn’t the girls all have the opportunity to experience some of camp before [...]
“Whole Foods” needs a diet, says CEO, and we need to watch where we shop!
Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
I have to say, I wasn’t shocked by the WSJ blog post “Whole Foods CEO: ‘We Sell a Bunch of Junk’. All you have to do is walk through the aisles of any Whole Foods to know this is true. Long gone are the health foods, although the fresh fruits, [...]
